Wu Jinghan was stunned for a moment, and then twisted it my thigh.

"You scoundrel, what nonsense?"

Only then did I tell me about the fact that I heard a woman crying outside the gate of the village branch compound last night, and that I heard Xue Chunshan in the village being scared to death by a ghost on the way.

"Ahh And this thing, I was with you last night! Why didn't you hear that? ”

Wu Jinghan stared at me with a puzzled expression.

I smiled and touched her head: "You slept like a pig last night, don't mention the crying outside, even if it thunders, you can't hear it." ”

Wu Jinghan wanted to screw me again, but I clenched my fist, and the two of them had another fight.

"By the way, you can accompany me to my uncle's house!" I put my arms around Wu Jinghan and whispered softly in her ear.

Wu Jinghan raised her head and winked at me: "Ao? You finally called Uncle? ”

I smiled embarrassedly: "The affairs of our family, in fact, I can't tell myself, but the blood relationship is here, and through the past few days of getting along, I can feel that my uncle is not so indifferent on the surface, and he also promised me that when the time is right, he will tell me all the truth." ”

Wu Jinghan didn't seem to understand, but she didn't ask again, and only replied softly: "That's good!" ”

The two of them tidied up their clothes, walked out of the village branch compound, and as soon as they walked to the street, they saw several neighbors pushing a black coffin, no need to ask, it must have been sent to Xue Chunshan's house.

Originally, birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, especially when an old man dies.

But I always feel that Xue Chunshan's death is weird, scared to death by ghosts! What a thing!

After all, we are not from our own village, so we shouldn't be nosy.

When I came to my uncle's house, my uncle had already changed his clothes and was feeding the chickens. Only then did I notice that my uncle's house had a group of small roosters, all of them half large, black and white, all surrounded by my uncle, and there was a black dog tied to the door of the side room.

Seeing the two of us come in, a flash of joy flashed across my uncle's face.

"I've been waiting for half an hour, why did you just come?" There was a bit of reproach in his tone.

These words struck me.

"What do you mean...... Uncle? I didn't say I was coming! ”

The uncle put the scoop on the shelf on one side and replied casually: "You didn't say it, but you thought so in your heart!" Don't forget what your uncle and I do! ”

"You...... Did you figure it out? I was startled and shouted casually.

The uncle didn't say anything, but returned to the house with his hands behind his back, took out a black bag, and strode towards the door.

I recognized it at a glance, and he was carrying a bag containing fish gall bladders.

Walking out of the door, the uncle said softly: "Let's go!" Take you to see the second uncle! ”

In fact, the purpose of my visit this time is to meet my second uncle.

Whether it is for the eldest uncle or the second uncle, in the first ten years of my life, they were "0", and later, although I knew that I had two uncles, and I had met them a few times, my understanding of them was still about "0", because my mother never said anything about them, and I never said a word to them.

Especially after my mother died, no one from my grandmother's family came to the funeral, which angered me, and I secretly swore at that time that I would not associate with them in this life.

After all, plans are not as good as change, and when I swore with anger, I never imagined that I would experience everything today.

In the past few days when I was alone with my uncle, his eyes occasionally softened me, and I suddenly thought of my mother, especially under the water of the sixth ghost cave, who saved me...... How could such a person be malicious towards me? And he promised that when the time came, he would tell me the truth.

The so-called truth of the matter has become my new motivation and goal.

After getting along with my uncle in the past few days, I can be regarded as having some understanding of him, but simply put, he is unfathomable and by no means an ordinary person.

Follow the uncle to the back of his small courtyard, here is a jujube forest, there are hundreds of jujube trees, there is a small house in the middle of the jujube forest, it looks quite dilapidated.

The uncle went straight to the small house.

I don't remember what my second uncle looked like, and my uncle said that he was injured more than ten years ago and was already paralyzed in bed.

As soon as I entered the jujube forest, my uncle suddenly stopped, turned around and asked me, "Have you had a special experience during this time?" ”

"What do you mean?" Stunned by his sudden words, I asked rhetorically.

"I touched your wrist when you were unconscious, and there is a powerful force in you that I have never encountered before."

After speaking, he didn't wait for me to reply, turned around and continued to walk towards the room.

The doors and windows of the hut are very simple, and the outside of the small adobe house is surrounded by a fence, which gives people a very peaceful feeling.

Pushing open the door, I followed behind my uncle, and as soon as I took the first step, I was choked by the smell of Chinese medicine, and Wu Jinghan behind me coughed even more.

The room was dimly lit, and a small collapse could be seen on the left, with a person huddled in the futon on it—a person, to be exact.

I can't see this person's appearance clearly, it's not that I have poor eyesight, but that his face is covered with a layer of old skin, like an orange that has been placed for a long time, and I can barely make out the position of my facial features.

Two steps closer, a fishy smell immediately hit the nostrils, and the pungent smell could be smelled coming from the person on the small collapse.

He's my second uncle?

The uncle walked over lightly and bent down: "Hongmin, tell you two good news." "The voice is extremely soft.

Is this the voice of the uncle? I couldn't believe it, it was as if someone had suddenly changed.

Sure enough, it was my second uncle, and I remember that my second uncle's name was Song Hongmin.

The futon on the small collapse moved slightly, and the second uncle's squinted eyes also moved, I thought he was going to open them, but after the eyelids moved a few times, they still squinted.

"Hongmin, I caught the 'ghost catfish', and I also got the fish gall!" The eldest uncle lifted the bag in his hand and shook it lightly in front of the second uncle's eyes, "The other is Qiulan's child...... It was the 'ghost catfish' he helped me catch, and he and his niece and daughter-in-law came to see you...... Rest assured! That thing is in the past, you don't have to worry anymore...... No one harmed them anymore. ”

I understand the first half of this sentence, my mother's name is Song Qiulan, but I don't understand the second half of the sentence.

I was confused, he meant someone was trying to harm us? Who are these "we" referring to?

The second uncle's eyelids moved twice, probably no longer able to speak, so he could only respond in this way.

The room was cramped, and I was a little overwhelmed when I stood behind my uncle.

"Come on! Say hello to your second uncle! ”

The uncle turned around, with a faint smile on his face, as if he had suddenly changed people.

Hurriedly took two steps ahead, I resisted the pungent fishy smell and bent over: "Second uncle, I'm ...... I'm Liu Ludong, I'm here to see you! ”

The futon on the small collapse moved obviously, and two lines of yellow liquid flowed out of the slitted eyes......

My uncle asked me and Wu Jinghan to wait outside for a while, and he wanted to treat my second uncle.

I took Wu Jinghan's hand, and I only felt as cold as water.

"What's wrong? Isn't it scared! "52 Literature

Wu Jinghan shook his head: "No, I think of my grandfather......"

Gently hugged her into his arms, and silence was better than sound at this time.

At this time, there was a cry in the village, and listening to the voice, it was two or three people, crying from the entrance of the village, walking inside, guessing that it was the mourning relatives of Xue Chunshan's family!

Half an hour later, the uncle walked out, and the expression on his face was very relaxed.

"How's my uncle?" I hurried over and asked.

"It's going to take a few more times — but we're already seeing results."

Seeing that the expression on my uncle's face was very relaxed, I thought it was time to solve the mystery in my heart, so I hurriedly spoke: "How did the second uncle get it, it doesn't seem to be an injury!" ”

The uncle nodded slightly: "He was poisoned by the corpse!" ”

"Ahh What's going on? ”

Uncle snorted coldly: "This is a long story, I'll tell you again when I have time in the future!" ”

I'm used to my uncle's rejection, and I know that even if I ask again, he won't say anything.

My uncle had already walked out of the jujube forest, so I relieved myself and hurried after him.

"Uncle-you don't say that the guts of the 'ghost catfish' can still suppress those two...... Two spirits? ”

The uncle stopped, turned around, and replied in a deep voice: "You don't have to worry about this! ”

I was so angry that I tried to rush to reason with him, but the only reason I had left told me was that it was useless.

On the way out of my uncle's house, I saw a lot of people gathered on the street, and I could see that some of them were not from the village, and I also admired the good deeds of the people in the village.

I wanted to go back to the village branch to get a good night's sleep, but when I saw so many people, I suddenly had an idea, so I hurriedly bought two boxes of cigarettes from the village store and came over.

After glancing around, I walked up to the two old men first, smiled and handed over the cigarettes: "The two uncles are idle!" ”

The so-called short-handed people, the two old men glanced at me, took the cigarette without hesitation, and responded to me with a smile.

"Wait for the evening to help the 'old man'! In the neighborhood, whoever has a happy event, and those who are free have to help! ”

I nodded, a look of surprise.

"That's right! I heard that some time ago, several corpses were dug up on the outskirts of our village, and it is said that they were killed and have been dead for more than ten years! ”

One of the old men nodded, but said nothing.

I held my patience and continued to ask, "Do the two uncles know who died?" ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as I said this, the expressions on the faces of the two of them changed, and they replied angrily: "I don't know!" ”

After saying that, he glared at me fiercely, turned and moved to the side.

I was a little bored with myself, but I didn't want to miss this opportunity, so I walked up to a few other middle-aged women, and was about to reach out for a cigarette, when I remembered that there were women in the village who smoked, and my hand retracted.

"The aunts are also waiting for help!"

Several women look to be in their forties, which still belong to the "beautiful women" class in the city, but they work a lot in the countryside, they are exposed to the wind and sun all day long, and they don't pay attention to dressing, so they look old-fashioned.

The women looked at me with smiles on their faces.

One of them, wearing a red turban, opened his mouth: "Yo! Isn't this a guy who lives in the village branch? What's the matter? Are you in love with someone's daughter in my village? ”

With that, the other women burst into laughter.

I scratched my head embarrassedly and continued to ask, "I'll ask for something!" ”

The red-turbaned woman grinned, "Say it! I can help you get the match! ”

"I heard that a few days ago, several dead people were dug up in our village, it seems that they have been dead for more than ten years, and they were killed!"

As soon as I finished speaking, the women all opened their mouths as if they had suddenly eaten flies, and froze on the spot.

It was the red-turbaned woman who spoke: "Boy, why are you asking this?" ”

The voice was noticeably lower than it had just been.

I had an idea and replied casually: "Actually, we are district ...... Reporter of the legal column in the district......"

Who knew that before she finished speaking, the red-turbaned woman put her index finger to her lips and lowered her voice: "Little brother, I advise you...... Forget it! With that, he took the others and left.

I hit the wall twice in a row, which made me a little overwhelmed and even more puzzled.

Judging from the reactions of these people, what should they know, but why did their faces change suddenly and react so much when they heard me mention that incident?

There must be something going on in there!

Looking at the phone, it was already half past four, and I thought about making a call to Han Jianjian.

After connecting the phone, I first heard a shouting sound coming from the microphone, and then Han Jianjian's voice came: "Brother Dong, what's the matter!" I'm busy! ”

"Are you busy? What are you busy with! I was stunned for a moment, "It's nothing, just ask where you go to eat at night and where you sleep!" ”

"I'm helping out at the Xue family! Eat a 'mourning meal' at night and sleep ...... Let's go to Uncle Zhou's house! After laughing twice, he hung up the phone.

Han Jianjian's words reminded me, yes! Anyway, I'm idle, so why don't you help too, this is a good opportunity to get close to the neighbors of Higashito Village!

Thinking so, he hurriedly pulled Wu Jinghan and went straight to Xue Chunshan's house.

The funeral customs in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are similar, and the first "old man" must be completed on the night of death, which requires the help of many neighbors, generally men are responsible for carrying things, finding willow sticks, building a spiritual shed, decorating the spiritual shed, etc., while the women prepare dishes and chopsticks and dinner.

It seems very simple to say, but there are a lot of odd jobs, and there are fewer people who can't be busy.

In this materialistic era, the so-called simplicity seems to have become a rarity, but compared to the handsome guys and beauties with heavy makeup in the city, the people in the village should be unpretentious, no matter who encounters a wedding or funeral, as long as they can go, the neighbors will take the initiative to come up to help, and they don't need to call or invite at all.

I went to the small supermarket in the village to buy two cheap cigarettes, and went to Xue Chunshan's house again.

There were dozens of people gathered in the courtyard, and the mourning shed had been erected, and the black coffin we saw before was lying across the mourning shed, and several women were spreading cotton into the coffin.

I saw Han Jianli in the corner at a glance, he was breaking willow sticks with Zhou Zhou Nuo, someone was dead, but they were talking and laughing unreliably.

I walked over, "You kid are helping out?" ”

Han Jianli looked up and saw me, obviously surprised, and grinned: "Yes! Selfless contribution! ”

Zhou Zhou Nuo shouted "Brother Liu, Sister Wu" to me and Wu Jinghan, and his face instantly turned red to the root of his ears.

I'm not a fool, the matter of the two of them can be understood at a glance, in order to avoid embarrassment, I pretended to cough twice: "Establish, I also want to come to help, who let us happen to run into it!" ”

Han Jianjian glanced at the cigarette I was holding and nodded hurriedly: "That's okay!" I'll take you to the 'Great White Thing'. ”